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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses (www.brusselstimes.com)
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“Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.”

“A small LED light is designed to indicate when recording is taking place, but RTBF's investigators found that tutorials explaining how to conceal the indicator are abundant and easily accessible online.”

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding who I despise more, parasite Mark Zuckerberg or its witless hosts who keep using its products—yes, Zuck's pronoun is it. Ban Ray-Ban, for frick's sake.

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[–] -1 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Years ago I tried calling out the normalization of anybody recording anybody in public without their knowledge or consent, and nobody cared because I was a man so they thought I didn't deserve privacy. Now the headlines frame it as a women's issue and suddenly everyone cares.

It's not a gendered thing. It's a privacy issue. People didn't care when I raised concerns about it, and I'm not surprised that it's biting people on the ass.

I still think it's wrong, I just don't find it surprising given people's reactions whenever I raised concerns about it.

Also, ray-ban was stupid for allowing this because obviously nobody is going to buy their shit anymore. They had a distinctive design that now nobody is going to trust...

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I can tell you the vast majority of people don't care AND Raybans gets their name in the media more often so it's marketing for them.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    They've made crap sunglasses for a while now. I went to another company for my Aviators.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    I never said I liked raybans, but for a while over a decade ago they were all the rage with the hipster/indie crowd. People liked them, and their style was distinctive. So distinctive that even a cheap knockoff were called "raybans" for the shape of the frame and lenses.

    Now no one in their right mind besides annoying tech bros are going to wear raybans, because anyone who sees them is going to assume they have cameras with facial recognition linked to meta's servers.

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